PLANTATION – Leaders of the city’s police union want to change their contract so officers won’t have to take drug tests without knowing who accused them of abusing drugs. “I could go to a pay phone right now and say, ‘Officer X is taking drugs?’ ” said Michael Hanlon, president…
BOCA RATON – Florida Highway Patrol charged a 20-year-old Boca Raton woman with two counts of negligent manslaughter and drunken driving relating to a fatal car accident that killed two people. Daniela Torres was arrested Monday afternoon following a six-month investigation into the crash, which happened on Interstate 95 near…
Former Yankee Jim Leyritz caught a legal break Tuesday when a Broward circuit judge released him from jail. Leyritz, facing DUI manslaughter charges stemming from the December 2007 crash that killed Fredia Veitch, 30, in Fort Lauderdale. A court-ordered monitoring device showed he drove four times with alcohol in his…
Michael Phelps embarrassed himself again after a triumphant Olympics, this time getting his picture snapped as he inhaled from a marijuana pipe. The photo wound up in a British tabloid Sunday, forcing Phelps to publicly apologize and his handlers to deal with sponsors who are surely none too pleased about…
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Florida’s “Move Over” law states in part: 316.126 Operation of vehicles and actions of pedestrians on approach of authorized emergency vehicle.– (b) When an authorized emergency vehicle making use of any visual signals is parked or a wrecker displaying amber rotating or flashing lights is performing a recovery or loading…
The man accused of being the shotgun-wielding robber in a two-county string of Dunkin’ Donuts robberies repeatedly barked like a dog at a county judge this afternoon during a court hearing. “I would suggest you take this more seriously,” Judge John Hurley told James Herard, 19, who replied “ruff” several…
The soggy Broward County Courthouse will reopen Monday, a week after a burst water pipe caused extensive damage to the aging building. Jurors are to report as scheduled, court officials said. Anyone who was supposed to report for jury duty this past week should not go to the courthouse and…
A veteran Fort Lauderdale patrolman says he was penalized for not issuing enough tickets and marking enough arrests. Fort Lauderdale police are investigating claims that its own officers are being pressured by supervisors to hand out tickets and make ”unnecessary” arrests as part of a department-wide quota system to boost…